Why are BC and WESC organizing WED in Egypt with a different topic and date?
World Environment Day is commemorated every year on the 5th of June. The Egyptian government will hold an official ceremony to mark this day, but the British Council and Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) have decided to arrange an event for the 2nd of June. In addition, the official topic of WED 2007 is 'Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?', but in Egypt it is 'Climate Change - Why Should I Care?'. Why is this so?
While the WED in Egypt is open to the public, WESC and the British Council in Egypt are mainly targeting school students and want as many as possible to come. June is exam time and the 5th of June is on a school day. Hence, Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) and British Council set the date to 2nd of June which is a Saturday so that more students and people will be able to attend.
The official topic of WED 2007 is focusing on climate changes and the effects on ice- and snowcovered areas of the world. Melting ice as an environmental problem is very alien to Egypt and its environment (though of course melting ice is a global problem and will affect Egypt's environment and people). While Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) and British Council saw the need to change the topic, we did not want to stray too far from the official theme, but without the snow and the ice.
Hence, in Egypt the topic is 'Climate Change - Why Should I Care?'.
1 comment:
This should be applicable, not just to Egypt but other african countries, what, for instance will be our theme in Kenya?
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